Arcopsis Koenen 1885 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

Alternative spellings: Arca (Arcopsis), Striarca (Arcopsis)

Synonyms: Spinearca, Verilarca

Parent taxon: Noetiidae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012

See also Amano et al. 2000, Coan et al. 2000, Cox et al. 1969, Eames 1951, Hickman 2021, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Moore 1983, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Eontia, Incanopsis, Noetia

Subtaxa: Arca (Arcopsis) harrassowitzi Arcopsis (Arcopsis) Arcopsis adamsi Arcopsis dispar Arcopsis solida Arcopsis sparsiincisa Arcopsis symmetrica Arcopsis symmrica Arcopsis textilis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (1), Bermuda (1), Costa Rica (3), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Japan (5), Mayotte (2), Mexico (5), Panama (2), United States (31: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3)

• Pliocene of Australia (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), India (1), Indonesia (9), Jamaica (4), Japan (2), Pakistan (3), Panama (2), the Philippines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (4), Greece (2), India (3), Indonesia (1), Pakistan (2), Papua New Guinea (2), Poland (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (9: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Eocene of Australia (3), France (1), Nigeria (4)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (7), France (1), Poland (2), Puerto Rico (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Denmark (2), Germany (1), United States (3: Texas)

Total: 151 collections including 160 occurrences

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